I want to welcome everyone back to the Pekanjana show.

Thomas is right back.

Two episodes in a row with Thomas.

We are blessed.

How you doing, Thomas?

I'm doing well, thank you.

I'm glad people aren't suffering Thomas overdose, I guess.

But yeah.

I don't think that's possible.

All right.

So the last time we recorded, you had mentioned what we were talking about Russia.

You had mentioned Russian-Syrian relations.

And I'm just obsessed with Syria, have been for a while now.

I got kicked off a podcast once for saying that Assad was probably one of

the best leaders in the world right now. And when you look at the post-Norimberg order,

these are two countries that you're supposed to hate. So I have great interest in them, and you have information on their relations since this

order kicked off, and I want to hear about that.

So start anywhere you want.

Yeah, I mean, there's two There's two variables that even people

who are generally dissident adjacent

don't fully grasp

regarding the relationship between Russia and Syria.

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